21-year-old shot dead in East Port of Spain, two more injured in San Juan
Richard Raymond, 21, was found bleeding on a roadway in East Dry River and later died at hospital. Separately, two men were shot at a fruit stall in San Juan.
21-year-old fatally shot in East Port of Spain
A 21-year-old man was killed in East Port of Spain on Tuesday evening, guardian.co.tt reports, with police now investigating the circumstances of his death.
Officers responded at around 6.15 pm to a report of a body on the roadway at Foster Quevedo. The victim, identified as Richard Raymond of La Resource, East Dry River, was found with wounds to his body and head.
Raymond was transported to the Port of Spain General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Two men shot at San Juan fruit stall
In a separate incident the same evening, two men were shot and injured in San Juan. A 30-year-old man was closing his fruit stall at the corner of Bushe Street South and Hollis Street when two armed men arrived in a black Nissan Note and opened fire on the group gathered there.
The shooters fled the scene after the group scattered. Both victims, from San Juan, were taken to hospital — the 30-year-old with gunshot wounds to the lower back and abdomen, and his 19-year-old companion with a wound to the shoulder.
Investigations into both incidents are ongoing.
Source: Google News TT — Port of Spain